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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAre RETHUGs about to select a Speaker from outside the House of Representatives??
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Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)this bill shall not pass!
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)Wouldn't the speaker HAVE to be chosen from the current elected reps?
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)Speaker of PeeWee's Playhouse.
ananda
(28,859 posts)HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)the blogosphere.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)There was talk back in '94 of electing Limbaugh as Speaker.
malaise
(268,987 posts)but he was wrong. Gillett was a member of the House.
How the Speaker is chosen
As the highest-ranking member of the House, the Speaker is elected by a vote of the members of the House. While it is not required, the Speaker usually belongs to the majority political party. The Constitution does not require that the Speaker be an elected Member of Congress. No non-member has ever been elected Speaker.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/speaker.htm
hlthe2b
(102,261 posts)Recursion
(56,582 posts)"The House shall elect its Speaker and other officers..."
None of the "other officers" (Doorkeeper, Clerk, Parliamentarian, Sergeant at Arms, etc.) has ever been a Member, and the Speaker always has, but there's no requirement for either of those.
LisaLynne
(14,554 posts)I learn something new every day at DU!
lastlib
(23,225 posts)only says that the House (elected members) shall choose the Speaker. In practice, the Speaker has always been a member of the House, but technically it's not required.
hlthe2b
(102,261 posts)http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2013/01/there-are-some-on-right-that-are-so.html
left on green only
(1,484 posts).....I'd be willing to bet it wouldn't be the first Boner she ever sat on.
Tutonic
(2,522 posts)Trig? Willow? Tea? Tagg?
malaise
(268,987 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)And he will cry all over again. And if they don't reelect Boehner, he will still cry.
Oh, it's cryin' time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin'. Yeah now
That it won't be long before it's cryin' time
Now you say you've found someone that you love better (better)
That's the way it's happened every time before
And as sure as the sun comes up tomorrow ('morrow)
Cryin' time will start when you walk out the door
Oh, it's cryin' time again, you're gonna leave me
I can see that far away look in your eyes
I can tell by the way you hold me darlin'. Alright now
That it won't be long before it's cryin' time
(That it won't be long before it's cryin' time)
malaise
(268,987 posts)Good pick - he sang for Reagan and ReTHUGs...the blind leading the blind
JHB
(37,160 posts)...so they're hoping for a Speaker they want for a country they don't want to belong to.
And on both counts, they'll finally be treated like the ranting cranks that they are.
malaise
(268,987 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,412 posts)except that, of course, any replacement is going to be a LOT worse IMHO. *ugh*
JHB
(37,160 posts)Don't turn in the clown car just yet, guys! There's time for another parade!
FSogol
(45,484 posts)No way they elect someone from outside. Complete idiotic discussion the M$M is foisting on us again.
Any anyone who seriously thinks that they are is living in fantasy-land.
WI_DEM
(33,497 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)will be elected Speaker.